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u812

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I just recieved my Spyderco Mouse:).It is alot more user freindly than I thought it would be.I have hands that are on the XL size and it is still not bad to manipulate.Used it at work last night and it cut everything just as easy as my larger spydies.
Can anyone give me any history on this knife and what coating is used on the scales?
 
Well, it was designed by Tim Wegner, and at first AFAIK it was only sold on the Bladetech website. It was originally marketed as a go-anywhere travel knife due to its < 2 inch blade. I talked to Tim at the 2000 Blade show and he talked about skinning all sorts of amazing large animals with it.

I have two of them and find myself using them more and more for normaly daily cutting tasks around the office and at home in the evenings. It is small enough and has a funky enough shape that not even the most neurotic of civil servents around here is alarmed by it (but in fairness, even my Police or full sized Wegner rarely draw a comment anymore).

The handles are Almite coated, and are holding up VERY well on my two. After being carried for about 3 months they show some minor scuffs, but look better than most of the SS handled Spydies that I have. The VG10 seems to hold an edge quite well, and not a hint of a trace of rust anywhere on the blade even though it has seen not one drop of oil on the blade since i got it (did put a tiny glob of Terta greese in the pivot area though).

Congrats on your Mouse. It is a great little workhouse. :D
 
Thanks for the info.I am useing it as a backup for my Milli.You know there are some places that it is not good to use such a large knife.ie:Post Office.I had to use it there the other day and while I got away with it the guy behind the counter asked to see it,gave me a little scare,3 in max in any federal building but he just wanted to look and he liked.
 
The Mouse seems to be quite expensive (overpriced?) compared to the Dragonfly.

I recently bought a Dragonfly (SS/serrated). I've only seen the Mouse on the internet. Going on that, I would prefer the Dragonfly to the Mouse, price aside. Factor in the price and no way the Mouse.

The Mouse looks like a very nice knife, with a good design and well built, but the same goes for the Dragonfly. And the Dragonfly (~$US40) vs. the Mouse (~$US100) is way cheaper. I know there are differences, such as the blade steel (vg10/ats-55), handle metal (AL/SS), etc., but the Mouse still seems rather pricey for what it offers compared to the Dragonfly.

And no hitting.
 
Marty123,
Have you had the chance to play with the Mouse?? Just wondering. I have a Mouse and a SS Dragonfly, so I like them both. :)


Blades
 
Blades: No, I've never handled a Mouse, just seen pictures on the internet. That's all I have to go by. Since you have both how about if you tell me if the Mouse is worth it's considerably higher price compared to the Dragonfly.
 
Is the Mouse worth it's higher price?? Well that's a tough question. :) I bought mine second hand, so I didn't pay full price. That helped. Would I rather have 3 SS Dragonflys or 1 Mouse?? Hmm....I don't know. :confused: I have 1 Dragonfly and 2 Pegasus, but just the 1 Mouse. I carry the Mouse everyday in a neck sheath(Mike Sastre). I probably could get a neck sheath for my Dragonfly if I wanted to, but I won't. :)
Enough rambling. The Dragonfly probably can do everything the Mouse can do, but the Mouse could do it longer. The Mouse is built strong, the SS Dragonfly is no pushover, but the Mouse is tougher. Is the Mouse worth it, yes. Do you need a Mouse?? No. The Dragonfly is an excellent knife. Any Spyderco is an excellent tool to own and use. :)


Blades
 
My Mouse reminds me of all the linebackers people say are undersized and slow.
Small, but man, is he tough.
 
I have 2 Mice and -had- one Dragonfly (ss/se, friend of mine bought it out of my pocket). I played with the 2 of them side by side around work for about a week. The flat ground, serrated, distal tapered blade of the Dragonfly cuts cardboard like a laser. The Dragonfly is also flatter and smaller, and many will find it easier to carry in dress clothes.

That said, I like the Mouse better. I noticed that outside of work, I would carry the Mouse by itself, but would not carry the Dragonfly by itself. The Mouse feels very secure and sturdy in my hand, and I think that I would have to try hard to break it. This is not meant as a slam on the Dragonfly, but I think of it as a light duty office/gents folder and the Mouse as a small outdoors/hunting knife.

I have all the Spydie Wegners, and find that 90% of the time I carry the C48 or the Mouse, and the C49 stays home.

I paid full retail for my first Mouse, and although I managed to buy my second one on here used, I would have payed retail for it too if I had been forced to.
 
At my daughter's 7th birthday party this past weekend, I was overseeing a crafts table with a dozen or so kids making a paper flower project. They would trace the outline of their fingers four different times onto construction paper, then cut these "hands" out to be glued together to form the petals of the flower. These were then glued to a stick and "planted" into a small flowerpot.

Anyway, it was windy (we were outside) and there weren't nearly enough pairs of little scissors to go around and these paper hands were taking a loooooooong time to cut out. So, I ran into the house and grabbed a kitchen cutting board, drew my Mouse and started carving out the pre-traced hands on the cutting board, for the kids. In minutes I was done all of them. My "pocket scalpel" was not only extremely good at the cutting itself, but very maneuverable around the constant, small curves of the work.

It was fun, and most satisfying. Here's to the Mouse!

Jeff/1911.
 
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